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AR itself, is the thing most to be 
^ feared 




[bW to be beautiful— Brighten the 
eyes with intelligence* clear the 
complexion with the balm of cheerfulness, 
anoint the lips with prayer and praise, 
and whiten the hands with loving deeds. 





ERY man must eat the fruit of 
his own thoughts. 



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HE best antidote for Ignorance is 

instruction. 





There is by far a nobler aim. 

Than search and striving after fame ; 
It is a bright, untarnished name. 



Man is in the world to overcome 

himself. 



V/OU admire beautiful monuments. — 
Why not become one yourself ? In- 
spired by your example, others will then 
build statues of love, patience, and other 
virtues until your city will become a city 
beautiful. 



Time never sleeps 
Nor wails nor weeps. 

But hurries along 
Swift as my song. 

And so should maij 
Who ought and can 

Follow his course. 
Without remorse. 



/^ONTENT is found not in money 


v>. 


but 


in mind. 




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Flattery and servility both base 


bribery. 




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The shortest sermon DO! 






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I can — and I 


will — if I please. 


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17 VERY good principle is strengthened 
•"-^ by a corresponding good action. 



Owls are wiser, we all know. 

But peacocks make the greater show. 



It is more difficult to bear success, 

than failure. 



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For what he is or would become. 



And as the number of his days. 



His own ideal is the sum. 




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TTHE man who does more than he says 
•*• is the upright man. 





On what soil does virtue grow ? 

On the path strewn with abandoned f auhs. 


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There is as much difference between 
the theory and practise of reHgion, as there 
is between the skeleton and the Hving body. 


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Precious thoughts are more precious 
than precious gems. 


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/^UR minds are tablets on which daily, 
^^ we record our actions. By this in- 
scription, some day we must stand or fall. 









Every man could do what any man can 


do. 




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Work is a rare gift to mankind. 












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HAT is the utmost limit of man's 
Power ? Self-control. 



A soul, fretted with care, 
A heart, filled with despair, 
A mind, of discontent, 
A life, foolishly spent. 







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OP£ is a voice, 

so stiU and small and 
faint, the soul's ear scarce perceives it. 
Yet 'tis strong enough to drown the din 
,of every obstacle, 

and lead us on. 
Mingling with first and faintest sounds of 
victory, till finally, 

completely merged 
it swells triumphant, '^ 
and becomes ^ 
one 
N- grand 

harmonious 
and victorious shout. 




r^O you read to improve, or to weaken 
•*-^ your mind ? 



GILDING looks like gold, but will not 

stand the test. 



The desire for the possession is father to 

the theft. 

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Who can solve the equation of luxury ? 

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The world needs examples, not exhorters. 



The company, not the victuals, is the feast. 



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ITH what great care should we 
select our companions ! Never once 
ought we to forget that thoughts and 
actions are expressions of the real man : 
in fact, constitute the very man, himself. 
Vice and virtue are alike contagious, 
and associations form habits which are 
engrafted into our very nature. Neither 
in our friends nor in ourselves should 
we countenance any act which will 
not bear anticipation, realization, and 
repetition. 

Let us live always above the atmosphere 
of evil. A star fallen to earth, becomes 
a dull, dead stone. 







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'T'HE theory of good, without the prac- 
-■• tice, is of Httle worth. Exercise the 
principles by which you may become 
master of yourself, and bestow on them 
the proper care. Apply the arguments 
always and in every way. 



Passion is the half brother of insanity, 

both tending to upset our reason. 



Beauty's slave, a slave will always be; 
Duty's slave, will sometime be set free. 



A slow response to duty is but half 

response. 



IGNORANCE is the father of evil. 




True success comes from within. 

not from without; 
neither by changmg the order of things. 










Seeming impossibiHties can be accom- 
pHshed by you. if in the poWer of man. 
If your strength is not yet equal to the task 
study to make it so. 







HTHE world's a play. 
And for a day. 
In some part we must star; 
Our motives show. 
And all may know 
That what we act, we are. 

Not what we do. 

But what we are. 
The all important fact: 
But now to be. 
We have to do. 

For what we are, we act. 



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nPHE most neglected spark 

may become 



the most destructive fire. 



The smaller the chances — the greater the 

achievement. 



Inattention is the highest rock between 
the toiler and success. 



Happiness grows best on the field of toil. 



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npHE hours of today will be in the 
-'■ moments of tomorrow. 



The richest in worldly goods 

may be 
the poorest in happiness. 



Defend yourself most against yourself. 



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VI L seeks lodging in an empty 

brain. 



The thing coveted, could not possibly be 
so profitable as the act of coveting is 
harmful. 



What opportunity lacks, earnestness 

supplies. 



Do not preach to an angry companion. 
If a soft answer fails to turn him from the 
wrath of his way — bear with but leave 
him. 



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creators 

r hinder, on our 
way. 

Themselves in turn, creators of the acts, 
Which, good or bad. we meet again 

some day. 
By just unfaiHng h 




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JJ 
the water, 



and a selfish man mixed in affairs 



disturbs/^^ '^ 



nrT-v'^^// Ta^ t^e universe. 




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THE dead leaves hang 
on the tree, 
until the new Hfe stirs through the branches. 



The ascent of any mountain begins at the 

foot. 



Drop that burden of ignorance; you can 
then walk at your true pace. 



Stinginess is sometimes extravagance. 



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DE good today. Tomorrow will 

take care of itself. 



Gifts to the poor are not transferred, 
but simply changed, from a material to a 
spiritual form, remaining in the hands of 

the giver. 



The world is all around as well as 

within you. 



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nPHE voice of Nature speaks, 
•■• Why will not mankind hear. 
And heed the notes of warning. 
And catch the songs of cheer ? 



The stone lives out its sermon. 
In a submission blind : 
The tree obedient upward grows, 
A lesson for mankind. 

While he, the most exalted. 
Even above the stars. 
Alone finds in his heart qf hearts. 
The mind and will to war. 



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T TSE your good qualities, ignore your 
faults. Thus faults become good 
qualities. 



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How about glorious achievements in the 
prosaic now? Today is the same as the 
day when Wellington conquered 

Napoleon. 



The nation's wealth should not be 

estimated in coin but in good men. 



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npHE door of success is guarded, and 

no one is permitted to enter who has 

not worked and waited and overcome. 







Many a crown has been 


forged from 
fetters. 


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Are we discontented ? Let 
that all circumstances are ' 
for our best development. 


us remember 
exactly suited 


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I ET your work contribute to the welfare 
of the soul — not to that of the body 
alone. 



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Because the boy is not already wise, 
shall he not enter school? Because you 
are not already perfect, shall you not 
cultivate the virtues ? 







The true friend, like a faithful watch- 
dog, tells us of our faults, but the flatterer, 
as a ravenous beast, blinds the eyes of the 
soul to its own destruction. 



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H ! How improvident, 

to waste even one precious moment ! 



The path to virtue, although steep. 
Is not so hard to ciimb. 

The mountain top can soon be reached, 
By one step at a time. 



The smallest insect struggles for its Hfe 
as much as we for ours. 



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r\ISTRACTION— concentration's 

deadliest foe. 



The most beautiful mosaic is but pieces 
of broken glass. With divine aid, the 
scattered fragments of our lives are joined 
to make success. 



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Unless you have been developed by 
failure, one side of your character is 
uncultivated still. 



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C AY not ** I am unfortunate," but rather, 
** How fortunate, that I have learned to 
bear this seeming ill so bravely.*' 



Man has tw^o lungs, with one he should 
breathe praise to God, and with the other, 
love to man. 



Be always open to conviction. Then 
change your actions when convinced your 
view is wrong. 



To be good is as much a universal law 
for man as to see, to hear, and to walk. 



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I IKE fire, in touch with powder 

brought. 

When all the air with noise is rife ; 
Malice and anger thunder forth. 

Confusion loud, and bitter strife. 



In one short moment mind can span 

the earth. 



ALL nature changes constantly, 
and so we think we do. 



Monotony is but a state of weariness, 
therefore lose interest, and your work will 
appear tired. 




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WHITHER bound, 
oh, stranger ! 
With such restless mind? 
Hastening through so blindly. 
Rushing on so madly. 

Swifter than the wind ; 
Mortal, born to mortal woe. 
To thyself a powerful foe ? 

Foolish whims and fancies. 

Met at every turn. 
Some fresh sorrow bringing. 
Poignant arrows stinging ; 

Will he never learn. 
That this way of darkest night. 
Leads to land of glorious light? 

This life, preparation. 
For another realm. 

Conquest strong and bracing. 

Gained by simply placing. 
Conscience at the helm. 

Thus so wisely guided o'er. 
Reaches soon th* eternal shore. 







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pHILDHOOD, the bud of life, un- 
folding forms the youth; full-blown, 
becomes a man. 



Undertake to sell ambition, and it will 

vanish. 



What pleasure find you mortal, pray. 
In idling precious time away ? 

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A guilty conscience is the greatest 

calamity. 



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YV/OULD you make your name im- 

mortal? Write it in love and kindness 

on some human heart and it will live 

forever. 



Fault finding retreats as understanding 

advances. 



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'X'HREE kings in three kingdoms : 
Inertia — of stones. 


Fruition — of trees. 
Inexhaustible energy — of man. 




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In every ounce 


' of duty 


there is a pound 
of happiness. 


What a stupid 
stand without 


world it is 
the sacri 


! Nottounder- 
fice of so much 
Hfe-blood. 



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"T^HE pleasure that purrs today 

will scratch tomorrow. 



Give bad, get worse. 



The long hard path, — the path that leads 

from duty. 

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Obstacles are the muscles of achievement. 



Excuse must vanish out of sight. 

No chance mistaking wrong for right. 
When conscience undertakes the fight. 



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V/OU would not shatter a looking-glass 
for showing you a homely counten- 
ance ; so do not break the philosopher's 
head, for showing you to yourself, as you 
really are* 



Does another wrong you? It is impossible. 
He wrongs himself, but you he cannot 

reach. 



Oppose base notions with noble ones, and 
after some of this exercise, your moral 
nerves, and sinews will develop rapidly. 



'"PHE dying candle lives in 
-*• the soft light. 

The dying fuel in the blazing 

flame. 
The form is changed in each, but that is all ; 
Both proofs that death is nothing 
but a name. 



The thing is really nothing but the idea 
for which it stands. 



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EMPTATIONS 

gather, 



Black clouds o'erhang the sky ; 

The soul disheartened, 

struggles 

Dire failure nigh. 

Then rings a voice, bell-like and clear, 

"Faint not, 

deliverance is near.*' 




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T^HE miser buries his better self beneath 
a weight of gold. 



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A noble failure is success, a mean success 

is failure. 



Serve small matters faithfully, then great 
matters will serve you. 







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DLAZE out brightly. 

Why smolder under the fire of 

inertia? 



Work — for perfection, wait — for speed. 
Look for good, and you will surely find it. 



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I HAVE within my heart an inmate, 
* even my thought, which shapes for me 

my destiny. 

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To try is to do. 



Little by Httle we absorb the world. 

Which of us would dare to pray this prayer 
at night : — 

**Oh, Lord ! Treat me tomorrow, as 
I have treated all the world today.'* 



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/^NE moment of time is enough to 
^^^ change the course of a whole hfe. 

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Happiness and Duty are synonyms. 



Virtue and love are strong crutches on 
which the soul may safely lean. 

Chameleon-like, some men change so 
often it is difficult to determine the color 
of their minds. 

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Suggest kindness. 



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lORK for the work*s sake which is its 
own great reward. Were it not 
so intended, our meals would be already 
cooked, our rivers spanned with bridges, 
— without study, we then could under- 
stand the most abstruse of sciences. Brains 
exercised with problems become strong, 
and all our work returns to us as mind. 



let good intentions fall asleep. 

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Definite Purpose, 
Strong Resolution, 
Honest Enthusiasm. 




Mix with action. 


Directions 


^Take large doses of the re- 




sulting success. 




DR. NEVERFAIL. 




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V87HITHER so fast? 

To the eternal shores. 



Base riches 

are 

baser poverty. 



An ounce of work Is worth a ton of wishing. 



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I STAND, a tiny speck of human dust, 

upon the verge 
Of an abyss, so terrible and dark, 

I dare not turn 
To right or left. 

Beneath me yawns an awful chasm. 

open- jawed. 
Blackness of darkness all around, 
and thunders of despair. 
I shudder. 
Move I dare not. as one single step 
might fatal prove. 

But harici What voice is that. 
Piercing the gloom, making the wild night 

ring? 
** Lift up your eyes!.'* 
*' I will not,** sullenly responds my 

stubborn heart. 
•*Accustomed to my ^tate I will become.** 
Again the voice, again my peevish 



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" No, I will not.'* ' — ^Yet another time 
The voice is heard, Once more it speaks 
persistent, more commanding, 

when reason whispers, **Why not?*' 
Then my gaze turns slowly upward 

toward the skies; 
When lo! A gleam of Hght. 
ever so dim, but — hght. 

Hope dawns at last 
Another flickering ray appears, 
another, and still others, gathering strength, 

An angel in the midst of each. 
Until a great and blazing flood of white- 
ness shines all round me. 




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HE desire of gain spoils the gain of 

desire. 



Each generation builds the bridge over 
which the next generation must cross into 

the future. 



Phoenix-hke, the'soul rises from the ashes 
of its own dead self. 



A GOOD countenance is the best 

recommendation. 



Although the path be dark. 
Walk bravely all the way; 

The quiet fields lie just beyond, 
Where all is one bright day. 







Let the interest of all humanity be con- 
sidered in the performance of even the 

smallest action. 







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•yHOUGHT 

guiding action, shapes and moulds 

eternity. 





Allow no thought of evil to intrude 
within the sacred sanctum of your mind. 



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The 


eyes 


and 


•• 
ears both testify 


to 










the condition o 


fthe 


soul. 



T^HE present moment, precious link that 

^ binds the past and future, contains 

all that has ever been, creates what is to be. 





Not for strength or beauty is the reward. 



Why be dissatisfied? The meanest 
thing in nature obeys law. The greatest, 
too, the sun, would not even dare to deviate 
from his accustomed course. Man is the 
only rebel. 



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'X'HE next best thing is next to the best 
''• thing. 









Every 


occasion 


may be a great occasion. 




Hour 


after hou^:, mile after mile, on the 


weary 


journey 


of life before we catch 


even a 


glimpse 


of the final goal. 






a 




dying bud. 



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XPERIENCE is the truest interpreter 
of knowledge. 



The fault lies oftenest in ourselves. 



If every man reform one, all shall be 

reformed. 



To try to do what you know how to do, 
is good. To attempt what you do not 
know how to do, is better; but to keep 
on until you learn how to do what you 
do not know how to do, is best of all. 



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•y EMPTATIONstartedback abashed. 

When on the rounds he came 
Across a worker at his task. 
And slyly called his name. 

A sturdy voice made clear reply, 
A heart that knew no fear 
Framed answer, and the tempter knew 
That conscience hovered near. 



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QVE in earnest, 

hate in jest. 




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ANY folks live as in dreamland. 
In a v/orld of their very own; 
Striving and planning to please themselves. 
Shut up — in their prison, alone. 






ACTICE first, then theorize. 




^^REAT examples give birth to great 



emulation. 



I will listen to your advice, but I will 
follow your example. 



Love of misfortune is tranquillity. 



Perhaps your neighbor's circumstances 

might not fit you. 



A man's most precious privilege is to love. 



HTHE soul of man, by him so lightly 
prized. 
Was once heaven's RICHEST treas- 
ure; fragile then. 
And light enough to soar ethereal skies. 
But straying wings were crushed by 
loads of sin. 



Virtue alone, that heaven-sent healing 
balm. 
Can mend and make them whole again, 
and strong; 
Remove the weight that holds them down 
to earth. 
Sending them back again, with joy and 
song. 



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nrHE soul surrounded by good 
•■■ principles is impregnable, and secure 

from evil. 



To him who simply does nothing but 

hoard. 
Gold wisely refuses to profit afford. 



Persistent efforts aiways bring success. 




!VING examples, like the living voice. 
Most sway the soul: 
The influence of one living act is felt 
From pole to pole. 




ISE a nev^ man each day and start 
afresh.^>g> 




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FIRE sifts out baser things, but purifies 
the higher elements. Thus souls, tried 
with temptations, rise as flames ascend. 



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Say not, **That thing is wrong," ^ 
but rather, 

"This is right.' 




The caterpillar, dying, makes the bright 

_,-.imtterfly ; 
v..^/ M^ g^ gj.j^Q^ dymg, 

changes into truth. 




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HTHE feet of regret 

step into the shoes of opportunity, 
neglected. 



Of what use is knowledge without action? 



WHAT WOULD THE STATUE OF VENUS 

HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE PERFECT 

MODEL ? 



Habits become part of ourselves. 
Truth's lightning flash strikes error dead. 

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T^HE illusion of material things is nec- 
•*• essary, as also the recognition of that 
illusion, as illusion. The imperfect char- 
acter can not realize that happiness does 
not consist in the fulfillment of desires until 
those desires, realized, have turned to ashes. 
Inward harmony is attained only by getting 
rid of all desire and fear. 



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'\Y /E could not have all sunshine ; 

We would not have all rain. 
Pleasure would not be pleasure. 

Without the touch of pain. 



Do you think that God, who made 
everything in the heavens, and who made 
all the earth, does not know where to 
place you and what is the best for you? 



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VV 70RK shot an arrow, and temptation 
A soul was rescued from the gates of hell. 



Shapeless the world stands, 

and your sculptor thoughts may 
mold it as you will. 



Strengthen good opinions by exercise, 
as putting them in action removes contrary 
principles out of the mind. 



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W/HAT is the great lesson of life? 
^^ To control our desires and aversions 
so as to seek good, and shun evil. In 
what does good and evil consist? In the 
will only; as there is neither good nor 
evil in the inevitable. 



Hercules when given tasks performed 
them, and so made Hercules. So we too, 
perfect ourselves when we perfect our 
work. 



Diffidence 

and conceit 
are alike fatal to success. 



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AD today and glad tomorrow? 
Perfect joy denies all sorrow. 
Nothing is that can be changed. 
Then you would not be you; 

Error springs from thoughts deranged. 
Truth is always true. 



The wings of the moth, lying concealed 
in the daytime, show their most glorious 
coloring only after dark. The most 
beautiful side of character, hidden in pros- 
perity;, is oftenest revealed in the night 
time of affliction. 



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nrHOUGHT is a magnet and attracts 
like thoughts ; it moves in circles, and, 
with this added force, will surely reach 
the starting point again. 







Earth is but dreamland, 

earthly existence sleep; 
some dreams are calm and peaceful ; 
some, horrid nightmares. He only lives 
whose spirit wakes ; the others slumber on. 



Hurry is the end of hurry. 



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TIERE'S to the Judge 
who alone 

can award peace. 
Without whose approval can be 
no happiness. 
All hail! 

To the King of Authority I 
Regal 

and lowly 

Almighty Conscience! 



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Art sees 

within the cold, dead stone. 

The hidden statue buried there. 

Love sees 

within the fallen man, 

God*s own true image, pure and fair. 



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Watch your moral account, and your bank 



account will take care of itself. } 




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HE charm of the action Hes in the 
manner of its performance. 



Why are you planning for so many years 
ahead? How do you know that you 
will be alive? 

The good man forgets necessity, and 
performs every thing with regard to 
duty. 

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Truth, like the sun, would brighten the 
whole earth with its rays, were it not for 
the clouds of ignorance. 



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A LL municipal, state and federal law 
should be expressed in one word — 



conscience. 



The fault lies, not in the fault, but in 
the failure to destroy it. 



The loveliness of pure and noble deeds 
is perfect beauty. 

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Every man is his own captain on the 
voyage of life; if ship-wrecked, he only 
is to blame. 




overtake 



You died as a child and "became a youth. 
You died as a youth and became a man. 
Why then fear the death of the man? 




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/^^ OD has entrusted me to myself, and 
^"^ made me subject to myself alone. 



Whatever happens, welcome it. 
Sunshine or storm in season. 

And whether good or whether bad. 
Be sure there is a reason. 



The five senses are nothing without the 
sixth or spiritual sense. THEREFORE, 
the spiritual sense is all. 



I can" is the humblest servant of 

"Iwill. 



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pERVERTED will and selfishness 
Oft masquerade in the fine dress 
Of goodness, virtue, and good-will. 
Of love, and truth, not thinking ill. 

'Tis sad the maskers do not know 
The dress assumed is only show; 
The tragedy they play in life 
Can only end in horrid strife. 

For from the first it w,as decreed. 
Who will not see, is blind indeed. 



O HOW men your goodness, in the light 
^ of which, |he shadow of their evil 
soon must fade^ 

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No 



■thier 



by poet 

ever sung, 

Thawsilent 

answer to the intemperate tongue. 



Hatred is a snare in which the hater 

M/ \v himself is caught. 



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OUR actions in this life will be your 
self in the next. 



There is some good in every man, much 
good in some men, infinite possibilities in 

all men. 



While fierce storms rage near the earth, 
all overhead is perfect calm; so it is 
with a good man, whose mind has 
acquired the habit of composure, in the 
pure realms of conscience. 

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The cordial of love and virtue 
is the best tonic for a sick world. 



Thought is the corner-stone, motives the 
foundation, and actions the structure of 

fatality. 



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;IFE is a garden, 

full of flowers and plants, 

^^\. and rippling streams, 
that 

everywhere 

abound ; 
Fountains of sparkling water, 

cool and sweet. 

Near pleasant walks, on velvet, grassy 

ground. 

The shady path, 

with poison-ivy decked, 
Is strewn with shattered petals — 

faded flowers 
Of gratified desires, which saddened fell, 
Their lives a sacrifice to wasted hours. 



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The deadly sumac 




with its gorgeous red. 


Like sin, which in 




the face 




of goodness 




flaunts 


Awhile its waving 


banner 


overhead ; 




Then backward crawls. 


ashamed of 




its own taunts. 


The night-shade with 


her dainty 


flower and fruit. 


Sings of earth's pleasures 


but the very name 


Seems to show forth the 


; fleeting. 




transient breath. 


And disappointment of 


all earthly fame. 



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The fulness of 

the gladiola bloom. 
Watered with tears, 
and 

nourished in 

the sun 
Of good will and good cheer, 
portrays blessings 
Of grace, vouchsafed to all the 

world as one. 

While sprigs of hope 

bloom bright and grandly tell 
Of lasting joys, on heavenly heights above. 
The air grows fragrant, and their 

voices swell. 
As loud they chant the praise of 
heavenly love. 



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EN the weakest mind can be dis- 
satisfied, but not every one can be 
ontented and happy under all circum- 
stances. It requires the eyes of wisdom 
and bravery to see the radiance of a dark 
day, and impart its brightness to the world, 




'HE world is 

but the shadow 

of your mind. 



a 



Have you money? Regard it as a sacred 
trust, and yourself its appointed 

distributor. 

Have you no money? 
Then your responsibility lies in a different 

direction. 



92 



ITE who lives as an Immortal best 

proves immortality. 



Stand for the truth, 

live with the truth, 

die in the truth. 



How fast the water-lily grows after one 
glimpse of the sky! 







93 



HTHE air of 


conceit 
stifles 




the breath of confidence. 







All knowledge 


of the infantile existence 


has passed ( 


:ompletely from the mind 


of the adult. 









Arguing IS vain dispute : 


Conscience holds absolute. 








94 




[n which the soul awhile must m 
And in this earthly habitat. 
Create a future heaven or hell. 




Love is the harmony of both earth 
and heaven/ 




95 



w 



HEN you desire every thing to 
happen just as it does, you have 
learned happiness. 



In looking at my neighbor's work, 

I quite forgot my own. 
Then failure whispered, chidingly, 

"You reap, but what you've sown.' 



Use gratefully what is given you, and 
do not complain when it is taken away. 
Do not desire what is denied you. 



Not what we do 

but how we do it 

counts. 



96 



A S extra fuel makes the fire burn 
ditions help i 
your fire burn. 



^^ brighter, so let conditions help make 



Let judgment, 

rather than impulse, 

control your actions. 



Piety is the crucible in which good 
thoughts are changed into good actions. 



Reproof increases the wisdom 
of the wise; 

but is received with 
contempt by the foolish. 



97 



TTODAY'S brave suffering becomes 

tomorrow's pleasant memory. 



The world is a vision, 

the nature of which, 
your own view-point determines. 



Man's worst enemy is himself. 



'T'HE river needs every drop of its 
water, the sun every beam of its light ; 
and the world needs the presence and 
influence of every man in it. 



Even the greatest, with his many responsi- 
bilities, is but as the plowman, tilling one 
field before he leaves it for another. 



Rapt in thought, I see the sun, the moon, 
the earth, the stars, and then realize that, 
in this vision I alone, am real and cannot 

die. 



99 



T^HE ignorant walk 

into temptation 

like rats into a trap. 



Whatever we owe to God, 

Whatever we owe to man, 
must be settled 

somehow, somewhere. 



100 



IWIONEY is but insurance against the 
future want of some possession. 
Each must decide for himself what the 
premium will be. The rate which some 
determine for themselves is usury. 







Conquer sin, or sin will conquer you. 



He who dies fighting, lives rejoicing; and 
he who lives fighting, dies rejoicing. 




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